What is a Playing Handicap™? Your Playing Handicap is the number of strokes you give to, or receive from, an opponent for the round being played. It’s based on your Course Handicap™ but can be ...

U.S. Women's Open RecordsCourse Longest Course 7,026 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011 6,986 yards, The Broadmoor (East ...

U.S. Junior Amateur RecordsMatch Play Largest Winning Margin, 18-Hole Match 9 and 8, Donald M. Bisplinghoff d. Eric Jonas, fourth round, Yale Univ. G.C., New Haven ...

U.S. Adaptive Open RecordsAge Oldest Champion, Men's Overall (years/months/days) 27/0/3, Kipp Popert, 2025 26/0/4, Kipp Popert, 2024 Oldest Champion, Women's Overall 44/4/23 Kim Moore, 2025 41/4/24 ...

5.7 Low Handicap Index The Low Handicap Index represents the demonstrated ability of a player over the 365-day period preceding the day on which the most recent score in their scoring record was ...

Sand Valley Resort, in Nekoosa, Wis., has been selected by the USGA to host four future amateur championships, starting with the 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

The USGA's new Rules of Golf will go into effect on January 1, 2023. Explore additional resources on these changes here.

World Handicap System resources dedicated to the 2024 revision.

There is no longer a penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits a flagstick left in the hole. Players are not required to putt with the flagstick in the hole; rather, they continue to have ...

5. More light goes a long way. Shade extends frost delays by preventing sunlight from melting the frost. Pruning or removing trees that shade primary playing surfaces can improve the course’s overall ...

A strict prohibition on touching or moving loose impediments or touching the ground in a water hazard has never been practical, and so a series of exceptions had to be recognized in previous Rule 13-4 ...

Major ChangesThe following are the main changes to the Rules of Golf that took effect on January 1, 2019. The items covered on this page are organized into nine categories. Within each individual item ...